Doctor Who Target Book Club Podcast

Jan 26 2025 179 ep. 76 mins 152
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Welcome to the DOCTOR WHO TARGET BOOK CLUB PODCAST, the podcast in which we undertake the [insert adjective here] project of discussing, in story order, all of the DOCTOR WHO novelizations!

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EP 168: EVIL OF THE DALEKS REDUX

Jan 26 2025 85 mins  
Is Kemel the most racist character created for the classic series? Did the Second Doctor really commit genocide? And did we really need a novelization of the “missing adventure” between THE WHEEL IN SPACE and THE DOMINATORS? Join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as they discuss Frazer Hines’ novelization of EVIL OF THE DALEKS to find out! We are a proud pa

EP 167: FRAZER HINES INTERVIEW

Jan 18 2025 52 mins  
What does Frazer Hines remember most about EVIL OF THE DALEKS? What convinced him to write his own version of it? And what did Sonny Caldinez do to get so…big? Come listen to Tony Whitt interviewing Hines about all of this and more in this special episode, before our regular panelists discuss his novelization next week! REVISITING THE EVIL OF THE DALEKS WITH FRAZER HINES was reco

EP 166: HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2024

Dec 24 2024 50 mins  
The year wouldn’t be complete without our light and calorie-free (not to mention mostly content-free) Holiday Special, and what better way to celebrate than to pull apart four books that we won’t even be covering on this show for another couple years? TARGETING THE NEW BATCH was recorded on Sunday, December 1 at Chicago TARDIS 2024. The PowerPoint presentation used can be downl

EP 165: SLIPBACK

Dec 15 2024 75 mins  
Saward’s not done with the show at this point yet, but we’re done with Saward, and it’s about…well, mostly about Douglas Adams, to be honest. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Saward was being really bloody sincere. Join Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Alyson Fitch-Safreed as they discuss the novelization of the radio play story SLIPBACK! We are a proud p

EP 164: MISSION TO MAGNUS

Nov 24 2024 65 mins  
The Ice Warriors are back, and it’s about…well, ice, really. And a virus that kills off men. And a female-dominated society trying to fight a male-dominated one. And the Doctor’s bully from school. And Sil. AND… You get the idea. Join Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Alyson Fitch-Safreed as they look at the novelization of the unproduced television story MISSION TO MAGNUS! W

EP 163: THE ULTIMATE EVIL

Nov 10 2024 83 mins  
It's THE ULTIMATE EVIL! …but enough about the election. Now that certain lunatics are back in the White House, do we go back to calling him DWARF Mordant, or does the fact that we care make us snowflakes? And while we’re at it, would this story have been the new TWIN DILEMMA if it had been made. Join Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Alyson Fitch-Safreed as they go back to a simpl

EP 162: THE NIGHTMARE FAIR

Oct 26 2024 91 mins  
In some alternate universe, the BBC had complete confidence in Colin Baker; Season 23 was produced and premiered right on schedule; and Graham Williams wrote the first of what would be a long line of excellent scripts for the show he once produced. None of those things happened in our universe, of course – but we still got the excellent Graham Williams story. Tony Whitt, Dalton H

EP 161: REVELATION OF THE DALEKS

Sep 29 2024 102 mins  
Last time Eric Saward squared off against the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club, it didn’t go so well for him. What about this time? Has Saward learned from the excesses that laid RESURRECTION so low? Has the NZDWFC provided us a better read yet again? Come listen as Tony Whitt, Dalton Hughes, and Alyson Fitch-Safreed debate whether a bunch of references to tinclavic and Terileptil

EP 160: TIMELASH

Sep 08 2024 81 mins  
Some fans have called this story cursed, and after losing two-thirds of our first attempt to record this episode and then having to remount it three weeks later, we agree! (Is this what it felt like to make SHADA? They both have Denis Carey in them, so…maybe HE’S the curse?) Come join Tony Whitt, Alyson Fitch-Safreed, and Dalton Hughes as we try to endure this book without havi

EP 159: SEARCH FOR THE DOCTOR

Aug 25 2024 61 mins  
You’re listening to your favorite podcast (ha!), and they decide to cover SEARCH FOR THE DOCTOR by Dave Martin, one of the FIND YOUR FATE books featuring the Sixth Doctor. If you decide to stick around and here what Tony Whitt and Dalton Hughes have to say about this bizarre book, go to 159. If you decide you’d rather wait until they get around to discussing a novelization of a